This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.
Encounters that drop this item, from the game's own dungeon journal. Drop chances are not stored in the client data we mine, so none are shown here.
Hive Defiler Wristguards is not traded on the Auction House, so it has no live market price. Its first-party game data (identity, effects and sources) is read from the official World of Warcraft client build.
In the Appearances collection, Hive Defiler Wristguards is listed as Boss Drop. Appearance ID: 5801. No other item uses this appearance, so it is unique to Hive Defiler Wristguards.
Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.
Plate is the armor type Death Knight, Paladin and Warrior wear. With Strength or Intellect, Hive Defiler Wristguards suits Arms, Fury and Protection Warrior; Holy, Protection and Retribution Paladin; Blood, Frost and Unholy Death Knight.
The 10 items nearest to Hive Defiler Wristguards (item level 29) in item level among Armor > Plate, Wrist slot, from item level 27 to 30.
| Item | Item Level | Requires Level | Stats | Lowest Listed Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hive Defiler Wristguards (this item) | 29 | 25 | +4 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina. Boss Drop | Not listed |
 Dark Iron Bracers | 29 | 23 | +6 Stamina, +2 Versatility, +6 Fire Resistance. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 1,037 gold on 70 realms |
| Icebane Bracers | 29 | 25 | +6 Stamina, +1 Strength or Intellect, +3 Dodge, +6 Frost Resistance. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 2,554 gold on 80 realms |
 Commander's Vambraces | 29 | 23 | +4 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop | 22 gold on 52 realms |
 Exalted Armsplints | 29 | 23 | +4 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop | 2,500 gold on 58 realms |
 Bloodscale Bracers | 30 | 25 | +4 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop | 194 gold on 56 realms |
 Bogslayer Bracers | 30 | 25 | +4 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop | 77 gold on 55 realms |
| Warleader's Bracers | 28 | 22 | +6 Stamina, +1 Strength or Intellect. World Drop | 2,000 gold on 53 realms |
| Heroic Bracers | 28 | 22 | +4 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop | 500 gold on 61 realms |
 Glorious Bindings | 28 | 21 | +4 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina. World Drop | 295 gold on 64 realms |
| Imperial Plate Bracers | 27 | 21 | +5 Strength or Intellect, +6 Stamina. Crafted with Classic Blacksmithing | 3 gold on 58 realms |
Bloodscale Bracers has the highest item level here (30). The lowest listed price among them is Imperial Plate Bracers at 3 gold in the US Auction House.
Next item levels up from Hive Defiler Wristguards among Armor > Plate, Wrist slot: Contender's Revenant Bracers (item level 39), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Armplates of Proficiency (item level 39), Crafted Dreadful Gladiator's Armplates of Alacrity (item level 39), Leystone Armguards (item level 46) and Twilight Dragon's Armplates (item level 60).
Nearest lower item levels below Hive Defiler Wristguards among Armor > Plate, Wrist slot: Warbringer's Armsplints (item level 23), Field Plate Vambraces (item level 22), Symbolic Vambraces (item level 22) and Saltstone Armsplints (item level 22).
Hive Defiler Wristguards is part of the transmog set Conqueror's Battlegear (Warrior only). The other 8 pieces:
Built from the World of Warcraft client build files and recorded Auction House snapshots.
Hive Defiler Wristguards is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Hive Defiler Wristguards next to the live retail market on this page.
Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Forever's class revamps and new race and class combinations · Classic Era page for Hive Defiler Wristguards
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